How? Why?

After watching that slideshow I could barely type, speak or think. It took me hours to process the swirl of emotions, chief among them being guilt, frustration and anger.

As a white person who has benefited from this crap, willingly or no, I’m sorry. As a direct descendant from the white people who did this, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the lynching, the rapes, the slaughter and the years of oppression. I’m sorry to the Native Americans, Australian Aborigines and to everyone else my ancestors have systematically screwed over. I’m sorry that my previous has made it that much easier for people to get away with racism.

I acknowledge my white privilege. I’m not going to tiptoe around those idiots who say “it’s all in the past.”